The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-01-18
A Tale of Idle Gossip, Which
is Annoying to Say the
Least.
A Deliberate Attempt to Black
mail a Young Victim of
Cupid's Wiles.
The Peculiar Attack Made Upon
Professor Chan &c by a Strong
Minded Female.


in Sedalia by numerous letters from
different parties in Lincoln, Illinois
written to other parties and strangers
to the writer's In this city. The evil
dent intention of the letters being to
stir up feeling of unlriendllnes for
Professor j. M. Chance the music
teacher who. unfortunately seems to
have been at one time a resilient OF
Lincoln. These letters one and all
conveyed in a sickly semi-sentimental
way the information that the prefer
sor had one time
LOVED A SUCKER GIRL,
who dwelt in Lincoln, that he was en-
gagged to be married to her and that
he having failed to keep the engage
ment she WAS dying of a broken heart,
the only panacea for which would be
several thousand dollars in damages.
Unfortunately for the professor he
has not and probably never may
have that amount of money, unfortun-
ately for Miss Prince, for that's her
name, she does not seem possessed
of faith enough in her own beauty
and accomplishments to believe that
their is in all the sea another fish that
can be caught on her hook. Altogeth-
er this makes a very sad state of
affairs, but as it was or ought to be
private one, the BAzoo has refrain
ed from giving it publicity although
In full possession of what purports to
be both sides of the story.
A CLIMAX WAS REACHED.
Yesterday, however, when the
Globe-DemOcrat was received and
found to contain the following dis
patch:
"Lincoln, H., Jan. 10.-Society circles
here have been all torn up to-day over
the following facts, just made known here,
so far as the outcome was concerned
Four years ago Jacob NJ. Chance came
here from Salem, Ill.,, to take course in
music at Lincoln University. He gradu-
ated year ago and now teaching N Usic In
young ladies' seminary at Sedalia, Mo.
He is an elder in the Cumberland Presby-
terian church there. While here he court
of the leading families In this city. Their
acquaintance soon ripened into love, and
marriage engagement was entered into to
be completed this last Christmas. The young
lady had prepared her trousseau, and many
of her friends had purchased presents for
heS. The bridegroom came not, and let
tiers to him failed to elict a reply until a
short time ago, when he wrote that he had
desired to break the engagement, and wrote
several letters to the young lady ia which
he whimpered like child, and still vowed
his affection for her. 1t now turns out
that he has another lady love in Sedalia,
and is engaged to be married to her. 1t
was further learned to-day, by letter
from Sedalia, hthat he is to undergo a
church trial for lying and being guilty of
conduct unbecoming a Christian. The
young lady here has retained counsel and
will prosecute him for breach of premise.
When here Chance was a great worker in
the Y. NJ. c. A, and was looked on by all
as an exemplary young man, but his con-
duct In this matter is condemned by the
church and social circles in which he was
such conspicuous figure while here"
Professor Chance was at once sought
and shown the article.
"What have you to say about it ?"
inquired the scribe.
''Only that it is most maliciously
false. There is or rather has been a
love scrape between myself and the
young lady alluded to. 1t has, how
ever, always been most honorable and
regard her as most estimable young
lady and / might have married her
but for the foolish interference of 9TH
ers."
"What about the Christmas wed.
ding, the trousseau, etc?"
"That is simply ridiculous. Some
time 10 the early part of last Novem-
Der, owing to certain things l do not |
care to make public as much for her
sake as my own, | wrote her that
while | would not demand a |
release from my engagement vet
for the present | believed our feelings
were such as would not warrant our
marriage at present. Shortly after / |
received letter from both her and |
her brother, think about November
18th, in which they demanded the re-
turn of her correspondence, saying my |
letters would be at once returned. L /
answered her brother In a manly,
straightforward way, replied to her
epistle, and at the same time complied |
with it by sending her correspondence
to her, but have never received nv
own in return. l have these last let
tiers, however, and they can be pro-
duced and ought to be evidence that
there was no marriage engagement to
be consnmmated Christmas day. If
a trousseau was prepared it was
without my knowledge or advice.
"What about the church discipline
part and new love affair p'